ROCKFORD ATHLETICS I HOME OF THE RAMS

The Boys Cross Country team won the OK Red Conference Championships on Thursday evening at Riverside Park. The Ram's 59 points proved to be the lowest score of the day in narrowly beating the Falcons of EK who had 61, the Panthers of West Ottawa at 74, the Hudsonville Eagles at 96, Grandville Bulldogs with 100 and the Grand Haven Bucs with 114 points. The Rams and Falcons entered the evening tied in the OK Red after each winning one of the two OK Red Jamborees. The Rams were paced by three All-Conference performances in Senior Josiah Derksen, Junior Luke Bultman and Senior Noah Watson. Derksen continued his great season by placing 5th in a fast time of 15:50.1. Bultman made it to the finish line next for the Rams with a 7th place finish in a new best time of 15:53.3. Watson finished in 10th in 16:11.9. The top 11 finishers in the Race earned All-Conference honors. Freshman Gabe Miller was the next Ram taking home an Honorable Mention All-Conference position by placing 15th in a new personal record time of 16:33.8. The final scoring Ram was Junior Rhy Schneider who raced a personal record of 16:50.7 which earned him 22nd place. Sophomores James Hollebeek and Dylan McKinney were the final two varsity placing Rams finishing in 23rd and 36th place respectively. A number of other Rams had Personal and Season Best Performances. Rams Racing Personal Best Performances Evan Verwys (10th) - 18:09.1 Zach Mann (10th) - 18:15.1 Yannick Giedeman (10th) - 18:40.7 Dax Hune (11th) - 18:54.6 Crew Petersen (10th) - 18:55.8 Quinn Murphy (12th) - 19:21.4 Grayson Champagne (10th) - 19:24.4 Rams Racing Season Best Performances Sam Bultman (9th) - 18:02 Brennan Johnson (9th) - 18:19.4 Ian Taelman (9th) - 22:40.0 The Rams will next compete in Allendale on October 31 at the MHSAA Regional Championship. Full Results - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/273578/info Go Rams!